Beaconhouse School System

Syllabus for End of Year Examination 2022

Class 8
Mathematics
Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of fractions, mixed numbers,
percentages
Percentage increase and decrease
Fractions and Percentages
Equivalences between fractions, decimals and ratios and percentages

Word problems involving comparison fractions, percentages in different real-life

contexts
Finding the missing terms, next term and nth term in a sequence (complex cases)
Sequence and Patterns
Use of formula to find the term number when term value is given and vice versa
Algebraic terms
Associative, commutative and distributive Laws
Algebraic Expressions and Algebraic fractions
Factorization
Algebraic identities

Factorization of linear and quadratic algebraic expressions

Simultaneous linear equations (in two variables) using substitution, elimination
and graphical methods
Solving quadratic equations using factorization and graphical methods

Quadratic graph
Algebraic Equations and
Inequalities Solving simultaneous linear and quadratic equations

Finding value of unknown variables (complex cases)

Graphical representation of simultaneous inequalities (not more than two

inequalities)
Properties of concave, convex, regular and irregular 2D and 3D shapes
Conversion of units - Length, area and volume

Area and perimeter of 2D shapes (composite shapes included)

Area and Volume Volume and surface area of cones, spheres, pyramids, composite solids and
simple 3D right prisms

Area of sector and length of arc

Rounding and approximation in mensuration

Calculation of midpoint, slope/gradient of a line
Introduction to Use of distance formula to find distance between any two ordered pairs
Coordinate Geometry
Equation of a straight line
 Gradients of lines
Transformation (2D
Reflection of 2D shapes (simple cases)
shapes)
Introduction to Set theory Complements, difference, union and intersection of three sets
Probability Use of set theory to list number of elements in sample space and subsets

English
Language Reading Read an unseen grade appropriate comprehension passage and answer questions with
varying degrees of challenge.
Identify the purpose and/or main idea of the text
Answer inferential questions based on the given text
Identify meaning by predicting words and phrases in the given text

Connect the topic in the given text to personal thoughts/ opinions/ experiences
Differentiate between facts, opinions, beliefs and assumptions
Identify grammatical components in the given text (mentioned in the writing
section)
Find a suitable replacement for grammatical components (eg; synonyms,
adjectives, words with a positive or a negative connotation or colloquial vs formal
written language etc.)
Provide an objective summary of the given text
Writing Writing for different purposes: (one essay and one directed writing task)
Story/ narrative/ recount (serious/humorous)
Descriptive writing
Informative writing (news report)
Informal/formal Letter (including letter of complaint, formal application letter)
Argumentative/Persuasive writing (essay, poster, advertisement or a persuasive,
charity appeal letter)
As per the purpose of writing, use the following grammatical components where
required:
different types of sentences, such as question, exclamation, statement, conditional
direct/indirect speech
present, past and/or future tense
time and sequence vocabulary for cohesion and coherence (first, after that, in the
end etc.)
phrasal verbs
uncommon prefixes
collocations
write using complex punctuation (full stop, comma, colon, semi colon, question
mark, exclamation mark, speech/quotation marks, dash, hyphen, parenthesis and
apostrophes)
Listening Assessment to be based on audio clip/s or teachers reading aloud the provided text
Listen to follow instructions to answer questions
Listen to understand the main idea
Listen for meaning
Listen for explicitly stated information
Listen for information that is not explicitly stated

Speaking Students should be able to speak on any one of the given prompts for 2-3 minutes
Speak to give information
Speak to describe something using appropriate vocabulary
Speak to give opinion
Extend ideas by supporting them with evidence and examples
 Critical appreciation, thematic and analytical questions
Literature Poetry Identify, discuss or compare and contrast the main idea, theme, mood, tone and
feelings in poems
(unseen) Identify figurative devices, such as similes, metaphors, personification,
alliterations, hyperbole, onomatopoeia and symbolism
Identify meter, word choice, chapter, stanza placement

Analytical, thematic and inferential questions

Novel Discuss the main idea, theme, tone, plot, setting
Identify and explain the various conflicts (physical, moral, intellectual, or
A Tale of emotional)
Two Cities Characterization/ Character sketch /Compare and contrast two characters

Book 1:
sympathies for certain characters
Chapter 1-6
ce
Identify rhetorical devices used to argue, persuade, lead or sway (eg; symbolism,
Book 2: epithet, euphemism, foreshadowing, flashback and irony)
Chapter 1-24 Deduce meaning of words/phrases from contextual clues
Summarise the given text

Islamiyat
(Punjab, KPK, Sindh, Balochistan)

Urdu Language
 Urdu Literature

General Science Geography

Units Topics Units Topics
Unit 1 Reactivity Unit 1 Pakistan and International Trade
Unit 2 Salts Unit 2 Transport and its Importance
Unit 3 Rates of reaction Unit 3 Environmental Pollution
Unit 4 Electricity Unit 4 Measuring Development

History
Units Topics
Unit 1 Agreement, Disagreements, and
Deadlines (1930-39)
Unit 2 The World at War (1939-45)
Unit 3 Power Shifts-The World After WW II
Towards Partition and Pakistan
Unit 4
(1940-47)